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In a large boost to its mission, Chess Network has received support from the Telangana School Education section to rotation retired its programme successful authorities schools. The inaugural empowers the non-profit to administer chess boards, bid teachers and students and organise tournaments from the mandal to territory level, marking a important measurement toward integrating chess into the world and co-curricular cloth of the State.
The Hindu, successful its Spotlight file published connected November 21, had highlighted Chess Network’s efforts successful a communicative titled ‘Nudging Children to Swap Screens for Sports’.
According to a proceeding issued connected December 11 by Director of School Education and Ex-Officio State task manager of Samagra Shiksha E. Naveen Nicolas, District Education Officers person been instructed to widen afloat cooperation. This includes sharing basal schoolhouse and student-strength information for planning, identifying funny teachers oregon Physical Education Teachers (PETs) arsenic coordinators, permitting organisation drives, grooming sessions, tournaments and camps, and allowing authorised Chess Network volunteers to run connected field without disrupting regular academics.
The support covers Telangana Model Schools, Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBVs) and each authorities schools successful the State. Participation volition stay voluntary and aligned with departmental guidelines.
Chess Network, founded and mostly supported by NRIs, has been promoting chess for the holistic improvement of students. It has already distributed thousands of boards and trained teachers successful Mahabubnagar and a fewer different districts. It present plans to grow the programme statewide.
Chess Network president Sanjay Kumar Gajjala submitted its connection done seeking support to standard its Mahbubnagar aviator crossed the State.
With ceremonial support present successful place, the organisation is acceptable to determination rapidly connected logistics and grooming successful concern with territory officials.
Chess Network laminitis Sudhir Kodati, an NRI, said, “We beryllium it to our dedicated team, volunteers, sponsors and the enthusiastic children who embraced the initiative. We convey the officials who supported america contempt their dense responsibilities. We are acceptable to standard up our efforts successful each districts soon.”
